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Reports of voting in the 1992 U.S. Presidential election.
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<h3>Description</h3>


<p>Survey data containing self-reports of vote choice in the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, with numerous covariates, from the 1992 American National Election Studies.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(vote92)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>


<p>A data frame with 909 observations on the following 10 variables.
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<dl>
<dt><code>vote</code></dt><dd><p>a factor with levels <code>Perot</code> <code>Clinton</code> <code>Bush</code></p>
</dd>
<dt><code>dem</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, 1 if the respondent reports identifying with the Democratic party, 0 otherwise.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>rep</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, 1 if the respondent reports identifying with the Republican party, 0 otherwise</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>female</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, 1 if the respondent is female, 0 otherwise</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>persfinance</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, -1 if the respondent reports that their personal financial situation has gotten worse over the last 12 months, 0 for no change, 1 if better</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>natlecon</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, -1 if the respondent reports that national economic conditions have gotten worse over the last 12 months, 0 for no change, 1 if better</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>clintondis</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, squared difference between respondent's self-placement on a scale measure of political ideology and the respondent's placement of the Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>bushdis</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, squared ideological distance of the respondent from the Republican candidate, President George H.W. Bush</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>perotdis</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector, squared ideological distance of the respondent from the Reform Party candidate, Ross Perot</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>These data are unweighted.  Refer to the original data source for weights that purport to correct for non-representativeness and non-response.</p>


<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Alvarez, R. Michael and Jonathan Nagler. 1995. Economics, issues and the Perot candidacy: Voter choice in the 1992 Presidential election.  <EM>American Journal of Political Science</EM>. 39:714-44.
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<p>Miller, Warren E., Donald R. Kinder, Steven J. Rosenstone and the National Election Studies.  1999.  <EM>National Election Studies, 1992: Pre-/Post-Election Study</EM>.  Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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<p>Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.  Study Number 1112.  <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01112">http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01112</a>.   	
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<h3>References</h3>


<p>Jackman, Simon. 2009.  <EM>Bayesian Analysis for the Social Sciences</EM>.
Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey.  Examples 8.7 and 8.8.
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<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
data(vote92)
summary(vote92)
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